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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1912. 'StXE;2Zl'XZl,m VOL. XVI-N0.16
County Court
March Term
The county court mot In regular
selon March Bib. Present II. C.
Fills, Judge, prodding; couilulsxton
era Hullcy mill lllee; T. X. Balfour,
sheriff; Warren llrown, county clerk.
Ivtiilmi fur county nuiil liy It. U.
Sturgeon ct nl prcsculcd to the
court iiihI ii)un dun consideration It !
In ordered that tlu ctnntty clerk fur j
ward nil papers relative thereto to j
F. W. Wilson, district attorney, l.irj
III opinion as to tliftr vnllillty. :
IVtltlon uf J. 8. McVoy ft nl lor;
county mint was presented to the
court, t'pon dun consideration It :
wni ordered Unit ull iiuiht relative
thereto lie forwarded to the District
Attorney nt Tli Dalles for his
onliiloii n to their vnllillty.
All papers relative to tln W. I".
Mason rt nl rond. tin- C. J. Mock i t
nl roml, tin- C. I. Preston et nl roml,
the F.lnior W. tVrMlinll et ul roml.
the A. O, Walker et l roiitl, tln H.
A. I limey et nl rond and the J. I.. j
Win. loin ft nl roml, were ordered j
sent to District Attorney Wilson for
Ills opinion us to thi'lr vnllillty.
Tin petition of l.'. A. Douglas ft nl
for county roml was continued U-1
cause of detective uotlee of posting,;
vli, no signature to notice. Clerk
In requested to notify petitioner of j
Slloll dl'flTt,
Tim petition of Victor L. Nhowc ;
ct nl for county roml vn continued ,
for lack of legal notices tcliig ponied. I
t'lerk roiUosted to notify petitioners '
of iieli defect.
Construction of lirltljir-n by the;
(Vntrnl Oregon Irrigation Co, Now
In presented to the court n stale, j
nicnt of tliv Htiiiul taken liy the ti n
trnt Oregon Irrigation Co. with I
reference to tbe construction nml '
maintenance (if bridges across Its ;
ciiiiiiIn, accompanied liy n copy of n i
letter niul opinion of their uttorncy,
which mill) letter nml oplnlou iirej
hereby ordered filed In the record i
of tlilN court for further reference.
Approprlntlon fur Hoy' nml Girls'
Aid Society. The request of the
Hoys' nml Girls' Aid Hoclety iwklng
tlint Crook count contribute to
suld aocti'ty the hiiiii of fH) er
niontli wiin, upon due consideration,
contlnueil.
County health olllfer. Now In
presented to the court the request of
Culvln S. While, secretary of the
state board of heulth, roinostlng
Crook county to lieur the exiicnses
of county pliyHli'lnn II. 1. Rclkunp
for iittemliiui'e upon n 2iluys' con
ference In l'ortlnnd attending mid
also n convention of nil county mid
municipal health ofllccrs to In held'
March 28 and 20. The mutter was '
contlnueil.
Now In presented to the conrt the !
communication of W. I). McNeeuier i
relative to a bad place In the C. K. A. '
Foot road near Metollus. Com
missioner Bayley was requested to
take proper action In the mutter.
Now In pn minted to the oourt the
Application of John Atkluson, JiiBtlce
of the peace of Iuvn precinct, re
questing a copy of the statutes, In
eluding the 1907 session laws of Ore
gon. IniiMiiiuch an the recent legls
luture wade uo provision (or the
furnishing of Lord's Urt-gon I.itwn to
jiiHlleeH of the peace, said reijucHt 1b
continued. However, the county
clerk In requextcil to fiirnlBh appll
cnut with the bchhIoh law miueHted.
WhereaH, M. F. Hawthorn and
John AtkliiHuu have von notice of
their withdrawal from the olllclnl
bond of W. G. Fordham, jtiMtlce of
the peat for Irclund prhclnct, the
clerk In therefore to uotlty said Ford
hum to fumlHh a new bond.
It appearing to the court that
there In no duly elected and quali
fied countable In Madrui precinct, It
In therefore ordered that J. G. Hardy
be mid he In hereby appointed con
stable for Madron proclncu to serve
until the next general election.
It appending to the court by the
Rdlilnvlt of John Abactor that he
had been wrongfully assessed for
the year 1011 tor tho sum of $5.20,
and that the sheriff, under tho pro
visions of the statute bus remitted
the sumv from his tuxes, It Is ordered
that the county clerk credit tho
sheriff on the 11)11 tux roll with said
5.20, the Bitmo being the amount of
such wrongful assessment.
It uppearlng to the court by the
nlllduvlt of I'aiil C. Bates and by
other evidences that the said Paul
U. Kates wns wrongfully taxes with
innchliiory, hones, etc., that he did
' nud does not own, uml that by mis
take ho had paid tuxes thereon to
the amount of K,85, It Is therefore
Keiuitur Itet-d of Mlxixmrl liitrxdueed I resolution In the senate providing for n Investlsntlon of the election of Kenntor dn I'ont
of iH'lawure. l'niildeiit M micro encountered the first serious opioi)ltlon to his rule In Mexico when relict bnnds took tbe city
of J uii rex. Wllllnui Ix-nti Howell, the noled author, celehruled the seventy-fifth anniversary of bis birth. A party of the
nt ilk I HIT mill workers of Lawrence, .Mnsa., Journeyed to Washington to be present at the house invemtkntinn of the strike.
Yuan Willi Ksl's former truoim sin tinned In Peking revolted suddenly and looted the city. The American residents were forced to flee. lioliert I-ee Henry of
Tei in sud Chairman I'ujo of the committee ou bunk In u nud currency climbed over the question of choosiug a counsel for tbe bouse committee Is the pro
poned tuoucy trust luveatlKUtloo.
News Snapshots
Of the Week
ordered that the county clerk draw
a warrant on -the general fund In
favor of I'iiuI C. Hati-B for (3.S.V Im-
Inif the nmoiint of tuxes paid by
him uuilersueh wrongful nssesBment.
The clerk wns dins-ted t drnw n
warrant In favor of Jennie 11. Sellers
in the sum of f s.mi, tlie same l-lug
the amount of wronutul UBBcHBinent
paid by her,
The plats nud tnu'lng of llend
View Addition to till city of Bend
were approved mid ordered spread
of record. All the requirements of
law wen' complied with.
The plat nml tracing showing a
portion of block 2, city of Kend, to
bo vacated, and It npeurlug that
nil the requirements of law haVebeen
complied with His ordered that said
plat and tracing theruof be approved
and ordered tiled. The county clerk
Is lieeby directed to make note of
ami reference to this pint on the
orluliml plat of Bend.
The application of W. P. Vaude
vert et nx for the approval of the
plat and tracing thereof of the re
subdivision of block SI, city of Bend,
was approved, All the requirements
of law were complied with. County
clerk Is directed to make note of and
reference to this plat upon the origi
nal plat of llend.
Tlie county clerk was directed' to
draw a warrant In favor of S. Nuce
for $."i.'.'5, same being the amount of
wrongful assessment for the year
Mil.
It. A. M 'reliant ot nl road. View.
its' report rend a second time In
open court and approved, ami lu ac
cordance with said report, said rond
Is disallowed. County clerk Is di
rected to notify bondsmen In said
road of any cewts connected with
said road and request Immediate
payment thereof
II. K, Melton et al rond. Viewers'
report nad a second time In open
court and approved ond lu accord
ance with said report said rond Is
declared a public highway. The
county clerk Is directed to notify the
local supervisor or supervisors to
request petitioners to donate at least
one day's labor In opening said road
and fences across the same if any,
and that 'said supervisor complete
the work ot opening said rond as
soon as he shall have suhlcleut funds
therefor.
Hoy L. Kidder et al road. View-
ers report rend a second time In open
court uud approved, and in accord
ance with sii Id report suld road Is
declared a public highway. The
county cleik Is directed to notify
supervisor to request petitioners to
donate at least one day's labor In
opening said road aud fences ncrpss
sumo, If anyj said supervisor to com
plete the work of opening os soon as
he shall liuve suillcient funds there
for.' M. J, Mc'Jruth ct nl rond. View
ers' repori- rend second time In open
court and approved, and lu accord- the code,
i Decker as sureties. As nil legal re-
requirements have been ' compiled
with it Is ordered that the bourd of
roud viewers meet nt the beginning
of said proposed roud' on tbeSth day
of April, 1!M2, view, review aud
sur.tey said proposed roud and re
Port thereon at the next term of this
court.
Jacob Hoffman et nl road. Be
muse of the ud verse opinion of the
district nttorney the same Is hereby
continued.
Chas. 11. Fry ct al road. Tecause
of the adverse opinion of the district
attorney the same Is hereby con
tlnuecT. (J. W. Wells et al rond. Because
ot the adverse opinion of the district
attorney the same Is hereby con
tinued. Charles Thompson et al road. Be
cause of the adverse opinion of the
district nttorney the sumo Is hereby
continued.
IVtltlou for a private road by J.
M. Dnvls et al. It Is ordered that
all papers herein hi forwarded to the
district nttoriiey for his approval or
disapproval us provided by law.
Now Is presented to the court a
communication from the Metollus
Commcn'lal Club in reference to road
signs. The clerk Is hereby requested
to notify eneli roud siiS'rvlsor who
has qualified for otiicit to strictly
comply with section 0.117, L. (). l.
the snme uIko appearing upou pne
II) ot the rond laws of Oregon for
Mil, and request each supervisor to
see that the law Is fully complied
with lu reference to said guide
bonrds.
IVtltlon for ferry by Ora Van
tassel. Now Is presented to the
court the petition of Ora VauTassel
for leave to operate a ferry across
the Deschutes river aud to fix charges
for sumo. There Is no showing be
fore the court that legal notice or
that any notice whatever has been
given to the public of the pre
sentatlon of this application ns re
quired by law and further action
herein Is hereby continued.
Kond viewers for 1912. It Is or
dered by the court that Fred A. Rice,
Geo. V. Wells and H. 11. Grimes be
aud they are hereby appointed board
ot road viewers for the year 1812.
Hoad supervisors for M12. Tur
sunnt to law the court hereby ap
points the followlug named persons
as road supervisors for the respect
ive road dlstr'ct, us shown by the
following list)
No. 12 Deschutes, R. M. Elder.
No. 6 Haystack, It. V. Jenkins.
. No. 20 Beaver, C. R. Henry.
Sculp bounty. Now Is presented
to the court the report of the county
clerk showing the payment of bounty
on 3411 coyote scalps, on 2T4 bobcat
front feet and on 4 cougar frout feel,
amounting In all to $817. Suld
sculps and front feet were thou re
duced to ashes lu uccordunco with
of IsnlH-lln Polmlexter, the same be- J Warren Brown, freight
Ing the amount of wrongful ussess- Mrs. Michel, mdse
nient of taxes paid by her. Hi W Co
M. I). Powell was wrongfully taxed j H Grimes, horse feed
upon certain priqierty and that by j E'l Harbin, use of tools
mistake he had paid such wrongful ,J P Doherty, work as. office
tax to the amount of 1.1.25. It Is C D Kite, services
ordered that the clerk draw a war- i P Tel Sc. Tel Co
rant In favor of said M. I). Powell
for W.25, the same being the amount j
of taxi's paid by him under such i
wrongful ussessment.
Bids for cruising timber lauds, i
This mutter coming on to be heard
upon the tH'tltlon of the assessor of!
Crook county, and It npiearlng to
the court that sealed bids should be
culled for, which should siiecify the i
work proposed to ts done by such
bidder. It Is therefore ordered that
tlie comity clerk be nud he Is hereby
Instructed to advertise for bids for
cruising all the taxable timber lands
In this comity, said bids to be ac
comnanled by a contract drafted bv
such bidder, showing the method of ,c T Bradford, flagman
jay vt iison. iuarker..--
D P Adiunson & Co
R S Price, expn-ss
Home Hospital, services
P B Polmlexter, hang, signs
C W Klkins, "milse
H H Clow, Hulnry & laundry
Crook Co. Journal, printing
Wlnnek Co., mdse
Wlunek Co., mdse
Crook Co. Abs. Co
H P Belknap, Co. physician..
I P Hewett, legal services
W D Barnes, ex. bonrd of ed.
Mrs. McLaughlin, ex. board
F A Klce, surveyor fees
H Grimes, viewer
G W Wells, viewer
Taxes Not Coming
la Very Fast
Taxes are coming in very slowly
this year. To date Sheriff Balfour
has deposited 10,000.
Some people are making s big
roar about tbe bigb assessment
but when matters sifted down it is
fonnd that they themselves are
partly to blame. For instance,
School District No. 77, South
Hampton Butte, levied a special
tax-of 40 mills. School District
Xo. 77, in the Stanley-Davenport
! section, levied a 40 mill tax. School
j District Xo. 80, Metolius, levied 25
! mills, and so it goes. When you
i add tbe YU-mill state and county.
your taxes are climbing, do de
nying that, but tbe people of tbe
school districts decided on tbe
amount of the special levy them
selves. . The amount of the state tax
was more than double this year.
1 35 ! Crook county raised 17,454.34 in
5 051910, but for 1911, she had to dif
f jup 39,599 75. Some difference
27 00 1
iooo School Funds
15 00!
51 01
7 30
5 00
HS 00
Badly Managed
nnce with suld report said road Is
declured a public highway. County
dork Is directed to notify local super
visor to request petitioners to do
nutq ot least one day's labor lu open
suld road (ml fences across same If
any; that said supervisor complete
the wor' of opening said roud as
soon as i. bus sulllolent funds there
for. Jacobl' Uoret ul rond. Now Is
presented ' i the court tho petition
of Jacob 'eckor et nl for couuty
road, accompanied by a bond of 200
Wrongful assessment. It appear
ing to the court by tho affidavit of
John H. l.ockard that he had been
wrongfully assessed for the year 1911
for the'sum of $52 08 and that the
sheriff under the provisions of the
statute has remitted tlie snme from
tho total amount of his taxes, to
wit, S7.73 It Is ordered that the
couuty clerk credit the sheriff on the
1011 tax roll with suld I52.0S, the
same being the amount ot said
wrongful nssessmont.
The clerk was ordered to d raw a
with Wultor A, Foster aud Jacob ! warrant lu the sum of 4tU4 in favor
making and supplying' such esti
mates, the amount of bond to be
furulxhed and the time within which
said work shall Is? completed. Such
notice shall specify that this court
reserves the right to reject any or
all bids. All bids to lie filed with
tlie couuty dork prior to March 25,
1912.
I ho following bills wore allowed:
O H Wilson, chairman..
Fred Kant, chalnmnn
HUH! SCHOOL Kt:.NI.
expn-ss.Ji
Prlnevllle Stuge Co
P I, & W Co
W F King Co., mdse i
Wlnnek Co, fudse
C W Elklus, mdse
R 8 Prise, express
D P Adamson & Co, mdse.
E L Cue, express, pti
Sanborn, Vale & Co,, mdse....
J E Stewart A Co., mdse
Miss Gltchel, salary
Mrs. Wood, salary
Miss Conway, salary
J W Smith, salary ...
E E Evans, salary
It A Merchant, flagman
Sam Mitchell, chalnmnn
G C Hurt, chalnman
L E Baker, marker
W H Elliott, chalnman
S E West, chninman
Walter Ruble, chalnman
E A Clelund, chainman
Jerry Groskruger, flagman..
Glen Cox. marker
84 5 ' P Reynolds, chalnman
446 10 j W. Abernathy, chalnman
50 ' R A Ford, tavellng expenses
1 00 j Prlnevllle Review, printing...
3 75 1 A H Kennedy, justice fees
85 Mrs. C W Elklus, ex. board
18 20 j W F King Co., mdse
4 4-1 j G J Hnrdv, constable fees..;...
5 70 j D W Burnett, drawing jury..
200 00 C H Jackson, drawing jury.
200 00 J 11 Jackson, drawing jury.
222 22 ; Mann & Beach, blanks
222 23 Kelhum Stn P Co., slat'ry
222 22 R L Jordan, reg. warrants...
2,"i0 00 Kushong & Co., supplies
The school fund of Ore-
3 001gonhas been beaten out of niil
151; lions o! dollars simply because
114 So j the state land boards have not
3 95 bad data as to tbe value of school
26 25 ' lands that have been sold" is the
I 20 1 surprising statement made today
by State Land Agent T. A. Rine
hart. We don't know any more about
tbe true value of the state school
land than you do," he said to tbe
Journal correspondent, who is
absolutely ignorant on the sub-
2 OOjject: " " '-". '.
2 CO I "SDeakinff in round numbers.
we have 16,000,000 in the school
f ii n r? ortrl rn rrVi t in Via? -
4 001 ' " 6
4 oo ! 000,000. Nearly all the school
6 oo: land in western Oregon has been
4 00 j sold at some price. We have.
2 00 1 about 500,000 acres of school land-
left, most of which is in the -
eastern part of the state. Art
appraisement of the land has.
never been made.
"When a man comes to the -state
land board and wants to'
buy school land, he offers a pries'
and we have no information by
which we can tell whether he is
offering to pay full value for the
I land or only a third of its value.
45 00
10 oo
10 oo
9 00
231 70
56 00
56 00
3 00
2 00
2 00 1
4 00 '
: oo
2 00
2 00
4 00
2 00
20 50
69 50
7 95
10 50
3 95
13 CO
3 00
3 00
3 00
E I. Coe, salary
G A Gustafson, salary... 120 00 ( Glass & Prudhomme, suppl's
Rem. Type Co.. bal. on much
Pioneer T & T Co
R L Jordan & Co., mdse
Vlru Syrus, mdse
A Flunngun Co., nidso
A R Bowmnu, Insurance
C1KNK11AI. Fl'NIt,
F B Powell, roud work.......
J K Powell, road work
R H Bailey, rond work 1000 00
40 00 Lynch & Roberts, prescrlp'n
13 S5 T X Balfour, exp. Way case
4 CO Al Yancey, exp. Way cae
IS 80 T N Balfour, stamps, etc
24 20 T N Balfour, board prlsou'r
33 00 LJ Murdock, school superv'r
74 00
14 00
R H Bailey, road work 1000 CO
R H Bailey, rond work 1000 00
Pilot Butte Tel Co 8 15
J B Myer, justice foes 6 00
I. M Miller & Co, mdse 6 10
Wnrron Brown, money ad
vanced Juvenile court 13 60
Earl Forest, auto fare 2 50
F W Wilson, expenses 2 50
S A Sandvig, burial pauper.. 25 00
State treasurer 189 49
J J Wilt & Co., mdse 14 80
J H WIgle, livery hire... 55 50
J C Williams, dra'g jury list. 3 00
Hlllman MorCo,, mdse . 5 70
Clifton A, Cornet, mdse 7 10
l.alMne Intor-Moontalu, pub
lication fees 1 50
W H Wlrtr., oilk'Ial excuse.. 11 35
O'Xeil, Larson & Co., mdse.. 9 87
G W Todd & Co., protecto-
gruph 30 00
C II FosteV, reg. electors 3 50
Wm. Johnson, work on tax
roll ISO 000
Pioneer Stage Olllee 10 10
J M Lawrence, dep. sheriff ... 125 00
Dr. Fox, cure Jordan 16 Ou
j T X Balfour, exp. Welter case
! T N Balfour, spl otlice dep'v
F St John, livery
Ora VnuTnssel. labor
Geo. Hamilton, labor
Joe Stnngnrone, lubor
1) B Trout, deputy sheriff.
R P Scheurer, auto, insane...
Nick Halm, deputy sheriff.
E G Johnson,' chninman
John Porter, chalnmnn..
J C Stevens, chalnman
1 Michel, supplies
Clifton & Cornett, supplies
O I Smith, supplies
J H Barkley, supplies
G Gregg. & Co., supplies 35 80
Hotel Redmond, meuls lndlg 4 10
King & Basey, supplies ISO 98
Warren Brown, extra help... 100 CO
Worren Brown, evel. exp. etc 140 83
Ctaudie Wondorly, services... 11 00
Thereupon court adjourned until
4 ?0
18 80
no oo
807 90
86 27
1 60
154 00
26 50
24 CO
151 00
300 00
109 30
84 00
17 50
3 40
4 00
21 00
8 15
3 00
100 00
IS 00
is eo
18 00
(3 70
136 11
174 55
47 15
Monday, March 25, 1912, at 11 o'clock
p. m.
Irrigated Land for Sale.
- 80 acres, 11 miles from Prineville, on
old Bend stage road. All under culti
vation ; 50 acres i alfalfa and clover;
74 tuiuw from -rt.ii.oad. Address XY
2 care Journal, No agents, 2-20-tf
And you may depend on it that
the offer is usually much less
than the true value.
"We have a minimum price
fixed of $7.50 an acre. School
land that is worth more thaa
that price has been readily sold,
while the real $7.50 land and
poorer quality has been left on
the state's hands."
The matter came before the
state land board in a proposition
State Land Agent Rinehart made
to undertake the appraisement
of all the school lands left to the
state. He is urging the board
to permit him to begin on the
task in May. after the weather is
settled. His plan is to taka
wagon and team and make a per
sonal inspection of every section
belonging to the state. He says
the work will take two or three
summers to accomplish, but that
the data secured will be the
i means of saving to the school
i fund large sums.
Just now the state land board
is negotiating with the federal
governmeut in an effort to get
the government to send a special
agent here to clear up the state's
title to certain swamp lands with
in the state. If the agent is seat
and the work is done the coming "
summer it will likely interfere
with State Land Agent Rinehart
undertaking the appraisement'of
the school lands until next year.